I started as a writer and when I sent my demos out everyone wanted to know who was singing and if that person wanted a record deal.

I'll always write music. Whether I release a record, whether I let the public hear it or not, I'm always writing music.

I went back and listened to the first three albums I made and tried to figure out what was special about them, why people keep going back to them. I think it was because I didn't know what I was doing. I had no idea if they were going to play it on the radio or anything. All I did was write songs, so that's what I got back to.

It is great to have your own label; you can cultivate your own artists I've worked with pretty much everyone I wanted to.

You'd hear Willie Nelson, then Earth, Wind & Fire, then Chicago, then Billy Joel on the same radio station. Nowadays, everything is compartmentalized.

I don't care how small the game. I want to win.

Every song that I've done is me in one way or another.